Appointments, advanced degrees, editorial work, and administrative positions.
Femida Handy is Professor (Tenured) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice and Senior Scholar at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies.
She joined the University of Pennsylvania as Associate Professor in 2004 and became Professor in 2008. At York University, she was Lecturer in Economics from 1985 to 1995, Assistant Professor from 1995 to 2001, and tenured Associate Professor from 2001 to 2008.
Her advanced degrees are from York University: a Ph.D., a Master of Environmental Studies, and a Master of Arts in Mathematics. Her dissertation was titled A Micro-foundational (Economic) Analysis of Nonprofit Organizations.
She was Editor-in-Chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly from 2010 to 2016. At Penn, she served as Director of the PhD Program from 2016 to 2022 and chaired the Personnel Committee for Hiring, Promotions and Tenure from 2020 to 2022.